Political Conflict in Western Europe

Hanspeter Kriesi · Edgar Grande · Martin Dolezal · Marc Helbling · Dominic Höglinger · Swen Hutter · Bruno Wüest

Jul 2012 · Cambridge University Press

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What are the consequences of globalization for the structure of political conflicts in Western Europe? How are political conflicts organized and articulated in the twenty-first century? And how does the transformation of territorial boundaries affect the scope and content of political conflicts? This book sets out to answer these questions by analyzing the results of a study of national and European electoral campaigns, protest events and public debates in six West European countries. While the mobilization of the losers in the processes of globalization by new right populist parties is seen to be the driving force of the restructuring of West European politics, the book goes beyond party politics. It attempts to show how the cleavage coalitions that are shaping up under the impact of globalization extend to state actors, interest groups and social movement organizations, and how the new conflicts are framed by the various actors involved.

About the author

Hanspeter Kriesi holds the Chair in Comparative Politics in the Department of Political Science at the University of Zurich.

Edgar Grande holds the Chair in Comparative Politics in the Department of Political Science at the University of Munich.

Martin Dolezal is a postdoctoral researcher for the Austrian National Election Study (AUTNES) and Assistant Professor (Universitätsassistent) at the Department of Government, University of Vienna.

Marc Helbling is Head of the Emmy Noether research group 'Immigration Policies in Comparison' (IMPIC) at the Social Science Research Center Berlin (WZB).

Dominic Höglinger is a research fellow in the Institute of Political Science at the University of Zurich.

Swen Hutter is a research fellow at the Chair for Comparative Politics at the University of Munich.

Bruno Wüest is a research fellow in the Institute of Political Science at the University of Zurich.

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